He was just about to speak when Ariana posed her inquiry, “Do you possess the audacity to abduct someone like this? Aren't you fearful of facing the full might of the law?"

"The law?" One of the traffickers scoffed, "If we were afraid of the police, we wouldn't be in this line of work."

Holden's smile, which had just begun to form, froze in place.

His brow furrowed as he listened intently to the commotion on the other end of the line.

The unfamiliar male voice seemed distant from Ariana, and her own voice carried an angry, tense tone.